QUESTION 2How does your media product represent

particular social groups?

Gender

All of the characters were female, however my character (Kyra) could be seen as a stereotypical female character as she was over emotional and killed out of revenge. On the other hand, the character Lilly could be seen as a stereotypical female as she was also over emotional, and then let her emotions get the better of her leading her to kill herself. The character Rhiannon could be seen as the manipulative controlling woman as she says these horrible things to Lilly and basically controls her to end up killing herself.The representation of gender was not equal throughout the play as It did not include any male characters. This can make the film seem one of two ways, it could either seem like a strong feminist film or it could show how woman are over emotional people who don’t rationalise things.Kyra could be seen similar to that of Constance Langdon from American Horror Story who kills her husband after finding him having an affair with their house maid. Constance is seen as a strong female character however, as she refused herself her dream of becoming an actress because the only way she was able to do it would be through nudity. Making her a feminist character. However, after killing her husband and the maid she goes into a deep depression and ends up becoming an alcoholic. This is similar to my character Kyra as she lets her anger and hurt take over and kills Rhiannon.

Constance Langdon – American Horror Story Murder House - Right

Ethnicity

Although ethnicity was not that important within our film I believe that the outcome of the audience’s perceptions would change as by having someone with ethnic diversity could then cause there to be some harsh stereotypes thrown on characters; however, I believe it would not impact our storyline. The cast was all White-British, which is stereotypical within the media of today.

Cast of The Others

Youth

Our thriller shows how much losing someone you care about to someone else’s harsh words can hurt and how some may deal with it in more extreme ways than others. The emotions that can run through a person are anger, disgust or confusion. Showing Kyra as someone who would kill out of revenge shows how youth today can be highly influenced by what they see and hear on media outlets such as news and films. By actually having a ‘bully’ character (Rhiannon) can show how bullying is also seen as something that simply just happens and cannot be helped.